It was lovely to meet so many people at Beyton today and hear some of their wonderful stories about the village. From recollections of being taken from the infant school, complete with chair, to sit and witness the blowing up the last remaining pill box in the village, to a beautifully drawn map of all […]
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New creative get-togethers for older people in 2020
As Make, Do & Friends moves into its second year, we are pleased to announce a new programme of free creative and social events bringing older generations together with their friends and neighbours in rural towns and villages in Suffolk. Let by professional artists, the sessions will free and the activities as varied as the […]
Creative Careers event at Roman Hill
Just back from a very full morning at Roman Hill Primary School, Lowestoft, and their Creative Careers event. During the course of the morning, each Year Group visited the event and was challenged to try and guess what sort of job we did. As you can see from these suggestions, the children came up with […]
New Creative Festivals Collaboration
A new collaborative partnership of Creative Festivals is aiming to turn May 2020 into a month of creativity and culture: Age of Creativity: throughout May 2020 Get Creative Festival: 9-17 May 2020 Creativity & Wellbeing Week: 18-24 May 2020 With creativity and wellbeing now high on the agenda in policy across culture, health, ageing, social […]
Meet the artist – Emily Godden
Multidisciplinary artist Emily is a new member of the Suffolk Artlink team, joining us for our pioneering new arts and wellbeing project that uses virtual reality technology to improve wellbeing for people in health and care settings in Suffolk and Norfolk. Based in Suffolk, Emily has shown works around the UK and beyond, exhibiting at […]
Bye bye to Rock On
With Christmas came parties, discos – and the end of the Rock On project. Over the last 24 months, we’ve run 126 music sessions, supported seven performance showcases and worked with 168 young people, as well as 19 youth workers and seven music tutors. We’ve trained tutors and support workers to deliver the Discover and […]
New Brave Art Term begins in January
After a fabulous first term of Brave Art, we are looking forward to welcoming new students for the next term of our art course for adults with learning disabilities. Starting in January, students can sign up for one of three locations – Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. Since September this year, our students have […]
National Lottery boost brings generations together to explore Suffolk’s social history
We’re celebrating receiving a £99,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant, to deliver a project that brings young and old together to explore the county’s social history. Our ‘Letters from…’ project aims to creatively engage Suffolk’s primary school children and care home residents in their shared heritage through artist-led activities. The project will focus on collections […]
Meet the artist – Tina Hannay
Tina is a visual artist who uses installations and collaborations to respond to her environment for the benefit of the people around her – so she’s the perfect artist to join team Suffolk Artlink to help us deliver the second year of Make, Do & Friends! Name: Tina Hannay Can you tell us a little […]
Celebrating BBC Children in Need
It’s the time of year that we say a huge thank you to BBC Children in Need, which has its annual celebration this month. Thanks to their support, the soundtrack to children’s wards and EACH Hospices across the East feature fits of giggles, guffaws of laughter and squeals of delight. Our Clown Round project has […]